PEMF in the Treatment of Fresh Distal Radius Fractures

Launched by TEL-AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER · Feb 26, 2020

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Subjects with closed unilateral dorsally angulated fracture of the distal radius (Colles') visible by x-ray.
• • 2. Subjects treated conservatively by immobilization ± closed reduction
• • 3. Age \>18 years
• • 4. Subjects able to adhere to the visit schedule and protocol requirements and be available to complete the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Subjects with intra articular fracture or extra-articular fracture that meets the criteria for operative fracture fixation.
• • 2. Subjects with pins or plates in the wrist
• • 3. Sustained previous fractures or bone surgery in the currently fractured distal forearm
• • 4. Synovial pseudarthrosis
• • 5. Subjects with multiple trauma (several fractures at once)
• • 6. Subjects suffering from joint diseases that affect the function of the wrist and/or hand of the injured arm.
• • 7. Pregnancy
• • 8. Women who are breast-feeding.
• • 9. Women of childbearing potential and not using a medically accepted form of contraception when sexually active.
• • 10. presence of a life supporting implanted electronical device